Popular baby names in Arkansas, 1954

The most popular baby names in Arkansas in 1954 were Mary for girls (720 babies) and James for boys (1,128). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,303 babies born in Arkansas in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Arkansas in 1954

Names given at least 15 times in Arkansas that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Freddie: 18 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Dorthy: 24 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Erma: 37 babies, 9× the national rate
Delois: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ruthie: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Ora: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Melba: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Mattie: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Velma: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Donny: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Travis: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donnie: 92 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Royce: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Unknown: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Billy: 302 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bobby: 279 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 269 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Troy: 35 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Arkansas, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	720	↑1	1
2	Linda	716	↓1	2
3	Deborah	584	–	3
4	Brenda	487	–	18
5	Patricia	472	–	4
6	Barbara	378	–	7
7	Debra	377	↑3	6
8	Sandra	336	↑4	13
9	Carolyn	317	↓2	27
10	Sharon	312	↓2	16
11	Betty	301	–	36
12	Donna	300	↑2	11
13	Shirley	288	↓4	33
14	Pamela	274	↑1	12
15	Judy	267	↓2	29
16	Karen	244	–	8
17	Rebecca	241	↑2	26
18	Susan	234	–	5
19	Cynthia	215	↑12	10
20	Kathy	215	↑6	23
21	Joyce	214	↓4	28
22	Marilyn	203	↓1	35
23	Nancy	199	↓3	9
24	Janice	183	↓2	25
25	Beverly	179	↑5	31
26	Martha	172	↓3	46
27	Connie	163	↑6	39
28	Dorothy	148	↓4	55
29	Peggy	145	↓4	48
30	Janet	141	↓3	19
31	Jo	138	↑9	53
32	Sherry	138	↑15	62
33	Gloria	137	↑1	42
34	Margaret	129	↓5	21
35	Vicki	129	↑10	50
36	Elizabeth	125	↓8	20
37	Vickie	122	↑11	69
38	Carol	120	↓6	15
39	Rita	119	↑3	67
40	Teresa	116	↑4	34
41	Diane	115	↑5	17
42	Glenda	112	↓1	>100
43	Wanda	112	↓8	58
44	Cathy	110	↑6	59
45	Phyllis	110	↓9	75
46	Rhonda	110	new	71
47	Rose	104	new	54
48	Doris	103	↓10	93
49	Alice	101	–	81
50	Virginia	98	↓7	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	1,128	–	3
2	Robert	726	–	2
3	David	714	–	5
4	Larry	635	↑1	19
5	John	634	↑1	4
6	Michael	626	↓2	1
7	Charles	600	–	10
8	William	577	–	6
9	Gary	477	–	9
10	Richard	398	↑1	7
11	Jerry	382	↓1	31
12	Donald	314	↑2	14
13	Billy	302	–	65
14	Danny	298	↑1	42
15	Thomas	296	↓3	8
16	Bobby	279	↑3	72
17	Terry	277	↑5	27
18	Jimmy	269	↓1	74
19	Kenneth	269	↓3	17
20	Ronald	262	↓2	15
21	Johnny	238	↓1	54
22	Ricky	218	↑4	46
23	Steven	215	↑4	11
24	Willie	212	–	53
25	Stephen	192	↑8	20
26	Dennis	187	↓5	21
27	Paul	186	↓2	16
28	Randy	183	↑8	33
29	George	179	–	24
30	Ronnie	169	–	78
31	Roger	164	↓8	34
32	Tommy	163	↓1	100
33	Joe	159	↓5	67
34	Roy	159	↓2	56
35	Mark	154	↑2	12
36	Edward	146	↓2	22
37	Carl	142	↓2	47
38	Eddie	128	↑6	91
39	Rickey	125	↓1	>100
40	Joseph	122	–	13
41	Harold	113	↓2	60
42	Raymond	106	↑3	35
43	Henry	96	–	59
44	Calvin	93	↑5	>100
45	Daniel	93	↓4	18
46	Donnie	92	new	>100
47	Timothy	91	↑3	26
48	Phillip	90	↓6	75
49	Samuel	90	new	71
50	Stanley	84	↓3	58

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